About the STA 
STA Executive Committee
If you have a specific question on matters relating to the STA, please email us at info@sta-uk.org. It will be forwarded to the appropriate STA Executive Committee Board member who will respond directly to you.
For your information, the following members of the STA form the STA Executive Committee.
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Deborah Owen is Chairman of the Society of Technical Analysts and the editor of the Society's Journal, The Market Technician. She is also on the STA's ethics, grandfathering and website committees. Deborah is the Managing Editor of Investment Research of Cambridge Ltd. Deborah has recently been invited to become a visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL). |
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Axel Rudolph was Vice-Chairman Europe on the board of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) and is Vice-Chairman of the Society of Technical Analysts. He is also responsible for education and programme organisation at the STA. He has been teaching part of the STA Diploma course at the London School of Economics for the past ten years and now runs the course. Axel is a director and senior technical analyst at Commerzbank AG. Previously he was Dow Jones’ Chief Technical Analyst for Europe, a bond, derivatives and proprietary trader in Paris and London. He holds a MSc (Econ) in European Studies from the London School of Economics and a BSc (Hons) in Economics from University College London. |
Mark T. d'Eyncourt Company Secretary |
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Simon Warren is the Corporate Treasury Manager at BUPA and is responsible for all BUPA's investments and debt. Simon is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Accountants and began his career at BUPA as a Treasury Accountant before becoming Head of Investment Accounts. In 1996 he moved over to the BUPA Treasury Hedging Desk where he utilised his Technical Analysis skills before accepting his present role in 2003. Simon is Treasurer of the STA and also sits on the Membership and Marketing Committees. He is also a Director of the International Federation of Technical Analysts where he is Chairman of the Finance Committee. |
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Robin Griffiths Head of Asset Allocation, Rathbones Investment Management |
David Watts - STA Systems and Website. David is a Trading System Consultant and Professional Engineer. He first became involved with the LIFFE markets after being commissioned to provide IT support and write a trading model for a number of LIFFE Traders in 1992. Since then he has used his engineering expertise on a number of innovative trading projects. Commissions include the implementation of Dunnigan's One Way Formulae, a technical trading model. The production of a number of Swing Timing Models for Traders within the Butterworth Group (1997-2000) as well as providing time series analysis tools for clients in the Banking and Fund Management Industry. |
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Karen Jones is a Managing Director and Head of FICC Technical Analysis Research at Commerzbank Corporates and Markets. The group is responsible for forecasting and formulating technical trading strategy globally and covers foreign exchange, fixed Income, emerging markets and commodities. Karen has extensive experience of technical analysis spanning 20 years. Karen is on the STA's marketing Committee. She previously worked as a global FX technical strategist at CSFB (1993-1998) and Technical analyst at Sucden (UK) Ltd (1987-1993). |